THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
INFORMAL Votks. One of the most striking features of the recent. Christchurch municipal polling was the abnormally large number of informal votes. Every election, local or genera], reveals the existence of voters, who do not merely make mistakes such as careless or flurried people might make, but who make mistakes of a kind which nobody would have thought possible. The errors, however, far exceeded what might be allowed for the confusion of such voters as these. It may be urged that a voter who is unable to follow the directions clearly printed on a ballotpaper is one whose judgment and mentality are so poor that nothing is lost by the invalidation of bis vote. This is f[uite a mistake, for a man may Ire thoroughly competent to form a sound opinion upon the matter upon which he votes, and yet become flurried in the voting booth.—Christchurch Press.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1923, Page 2
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151THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 11 May 1923, Page 2
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